The Nautical Encyclopedia

Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

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By the Board

Sea Terms

Over the ship's side; overboard.

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2026 Editor's Note: 'Gone by the board' — overboard, past the ship's side — is this entry ashore: everything abandoned or lost is said to have gone by the board, the plank sense forgotten. (Ed: BR 2026-07-16)

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